43rd Locarno Film Festival

43rd Locarno Film Festival
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard: Accidental Waltz directed by Svetlana Proskurina
Artistic directorDavid Strieff
Festival dateOpening: 2 August 1990 (1990-08-02)
Closing: 12 August 1990 (1990-08-12)
WebsiteLFF

The 43rd Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 1990 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] The festival had 112,000 people attend, of which 70,000 people attended screenings at the Piazza grande, the open-air theater constructed in the town center. Wild at Heart directed by David Lynch drew a record crowd of 10,500 people.[2] The festival hosted a section of Eastern European films banned by their governments the 1960s. Two banned films premiered for the first time at the festival, Born in '45 directed by Jürgen Böttcher and Egon Günther's Wenn Du Gross Bist, Lieber Adam (When You Are Grown Up, Dear Adam).[3] Over half the films at Locarno this year were from Eastern Europe. A retrospective of pioneering Russian filmmaker Lev Kuleshov, was also shown that included 34 out of his total 50 films.[4]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Accidental Waltz directed by Svetlana Proskurina.[5][6][7]

Jury

International Jury – Main Competition

Official Sections

The following films were screened in these sections:[8]

Competition

Feature Films

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Alicinte Anweshanam T. V. Chandran 1989 India
Badis Mohamed Abderrahman Taz 1988 Morocco
Dao Wen The Story of a Gangster Hung-Wei Yeh 1989 Taiwan
Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer John McNaughton 1985 USA
Hush-A-Bye Baby Margo Harkin 1989 Iceland
Konechnaya Ostanovka The Final Stop Serik Aprimov 1989 Russia
L'Aria Serena Dell'Ovest The Peaceful Air of the West Silvio Soldini 1990 Switzerland, Italy
L'Homme Imagine A Man Imagines Patricia Barton 1989 France
La Capatul Liniei At the End of the Line Dinu Tanase 1983 Romania
La Sposa Di San Paolo The Bride of San Paolo Gabriella Rosaleva 1990 Italy
Leb Wohl, Joseph Farewell, Joseph Andreas kleinert 1989 Germany
Leningrad, November Andreas Schmidt 1990 Germany, Russia
Metropolitan Whit Stillman 1990 USA
Reise Der Hoffnung Journey of Hope Xavier Koller 1990 Switzerland, Italy
Slouchainij Vals Accidental Waltz Svetlana Proskurina 1989 Russia
Szürkület Twilight György Fehér 1990 Hungary
The Reflecting Skin Philip Ridley 1990 Great Britain
Zeit Der Rache Time of Revenge Anton Peschke 1990 Austria

Out of Competition

Feature Films

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
A Ay Oh Moon! Reha Erdem 1989 Turkey
Angels Jacob Berger 1989 Switzerland, Spain
Boda Secreta Secret Wedding Alejandro Agresti 1989 Argentina, Netherlands
Daddy Nostalgie Bertrand Tavernier 1990 France
Homo Novus A New Man Pál Erdőss 1990 Russia
Il Sole Anche Di Notte The Sun Even at Night Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani 1990 Italy
Ju Dou Judo U Zhang Yimon 1989 China
Karaul Guard Alexandr Rogozhkin 1989 Russia
Kindergarten Jorge Polaco 1989 Argentina
La Nacion Clandestina The Clandestine Nation Jorge Sanjinés 1989 Bolivia
Nama-Ye Nazdik Nama-Nadik Abbas Kiarostami 1990 Iran
Nouvelle Vague New Wave Jean-Luc Godard 1990 Switzerland, France
Pink Ulysses Eric de Kuyper 1990 Netherlands
Porte Aperte Open Doors Gianni Amelio 1990 Italy
Ser (Svoboda Eto Rai) Sir (Freedom Here is Paradise) Sergueï Bodrov 1989 Russia
Spasi I Sokrani Save and Socran Aleksandr Sokurov 1989 Russia
The Comfort Of Strangers Paul Schrader 1990 USA
Tilaï Idrissa Ouédraogo 1990 Burkina Faso
Wild At Heart David Lynch 1989 USA
À La Recherche Du Lieu De Ma Naissance In Search of the Place of My Birth Boris Lehman 1990 Belgium, Switzerland

Special Sessions

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Al Gatun Kali Kali 1990 Switzerland
L'Atalante Jean Vigo 1934 France
Meghe Dhaka Tara Ritwik Ghatak 1960 India
Titash Ekti Nadir Naam A River Called Titas Ritwik Ghatak 1973 Bangladesh

Tribute To – Cesare Zavattini

Tribute To Cesare Zavattini
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Il Giudizio Universale The Universal Judgment Vittorio De Sica 1961 Italy
La Veritàaa The Truth Cesare Zavattini 1982 Italy
Parliamo Di Te Let's Talk About you Fabio Carpi Carpi 1968 Italy
Storia Di Caterina History of Caterina Francesco Maselli, Cesare Zavattini 1953 Italy
Zavattini Regista, Zavattini Sceneggiatore Zavattini Director, Zavattini Screenwriter Luigi Di Gianni 1989 Italy

Banned Films From the 60s

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Das Kaninchen Bin Ich I Am the Rabbit Kurt Maetzig 1965 Germany
Dolgada Scastivaja Zhizn Dolgada is a Happiness Life Gennady Shpalikov 1966 Russia
Jahrgang 45 Born in '45 Jürgen Böttcher 1965 Germany
Meandre Meander Mircea Saucan 1966 Romania
O Slavnosti A Hostech About the Festivities and Guests Jan Nemec 1968 Czech Republic
Ponedelnik Sutrin Monday Morning Irina Aktascheva, Christo Piskov Bulgaria
Skrivanci Na Nitich The Hidden on Nihich Jiri Menzel 1969 Czech Republic
Spur Der Steine Trade of the Stones Frank Beyer 1966 Germany
Vsichni Dobri Rodaci All Good Rods Vojtěch Jasný 1968 Czech Republic
Wenn Du Gross Bist, Lieber Adam When You Are Grown Up, Dear Adam Egon Günther 1965 Germany
Zastava Ilica Flag Ilica Marlen Khutziev 1964 Russia

Retrospective – Lev Kuleshov

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Albidum White Leonid Obolenskij 1929 Russia
Chakhmantnaïa Vsevolod Poudovkine 1925 Russia
Delo Zastiojkami Work Alexandra Khokhlova 1929 Russia
Dva-Bouldi-Dva Two-Bouldi-Two Lev Kuleshov 1929 Russia
Gorizont Horizon Lev Kuleshov 1933 Russia
Iounye Partizany Yuna Partisans Lev Kuleshov 1943 Russia
Journalistka Journalist Lev Kuleshov 1927 Russia
Kirptchiki Equipment RPT Chiki Leonid Obolenskij 1925 Russia
Kliatva Timoura Cliaba Timoura Lev Kuleshov 1942 Russia
Korol' Parija Korol 'Parija Evgueni Bauer 1917 Russia
Koukla S Millionami A Doll with Millions Sergueï Komarov 1928 Russia
Liedolom Ladolome Boris Barnet 1931 Russia
Loutch Smerti Ray of Death Lev Kuleshov 1925 Russia
Mekhanika Golovnogo Mozga Brain Mechanics Vsevolod Poudovkine 1926 Russia
Miss Mary Boris Tchaïkovski 1918 Russia
Moskva V Oktiabre Moscow in Oktiabre Boris Barnet 1927 Russia
My S Ourala Lev Kuleshov 1943 Russia
Nabat Evgueni Bauer 1917 Russia
Neobytchaïnye Priklioutchénia Mistera Vesta V Strane Bolchevikov Neobytcharnye Priklioutchenia Mister Vest in the Party Bolchevikov Lev Kuleshov 1924 Russia
Po Zakonou After the Law Lev Kuleshov 1926 Russia
Potselouï Meri Pikford Potselouï Sea Pikford Sergueï Komarov 1927 Russia
Proekt Injeniera Praïta Proekt Injeeniera Praota Lev Kuleshov 1918 Russia
Sacha Alexandra Khokhlova 1930 Russia
Serp I Molot Serp I Move Vladimir Gardine 1921 Russia
Sibiriaki Silemari Lev Kuleshov 1940 Russia
Sloutchaï Na Voulkanie Sloutcharis for a Bullshit Evgueni Schneider 1940 Russia
Smeltchak Mikhaïl Narokov 1919 Russia
Son Tarassa I'm Tarassa Iouri Jeliaboujski 1919 Russia
Sorok Serdets Forty Hearts Lev Kuleshov 1930 Russia
Steklianny Glaz Glass Eyes Lili Brik 1929 Russia
Torgovstsy Slavoï Leonid Obolenskij 1929 Russia
Velki Outiechitel' Veil Lev Kuleshov 1933 Russia
Vessiolaïa Kanareïka Vessiolaïa Canareïka Lev Kuleshov 1929 Russia
Za Stchastiem For Stagnant Evgueni Bauer 1917 Russia
Znakomoe Litso A Familiar Face Nikolaï Chpikovski 1929 Russia

A Look At Italian Cinema

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Il Gioco Delle Ombre The Game of Shadows Stefano Gabrini 1990 Italy
Les Cinque Rose Di Jennifer The Cinque Rose Di Jennifer Tommaso Sherman 1989 Italy
Lungo Il Fiume Along the River Vanna Paoli 1990 Italy
Roma, Paris, Bacelona Rome, Paris, Barcelona Paolo Grassini, Italo Spinelli 1989 Italy
Turné On Tour Gabriele Salvatores 1990 Italy

Out of Program

Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
Joseph Czapski Emanuel Kowalski Switzerland

Independent Sections

Critics Week

The Semaine de la Critique is an independent section, created in 1990 by the Swiss Association of Film Journalists in partnership with the Locarno Film Festival.[9][10]

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Contretemps Setback Jean-Daniel Pollet 1988 France
Der Grüne Berg The Green Mountain Fredi M. Murer 1990 Switzerland
Good News - Von Kolporteuren, Toten Hunden Und Anderen Wienern Good News - From Kolporte, Dead Dogs and Other Viennese Ulrich Seidl 1989 Austria
Lung-Ta Franz-Christoph Giercke, Marie Jaoul de Poncheville 1990 France
Nachid El-Hajar We Commend the Stone Michel Khleifi 1990 Belgium
The Thin Blue Line Errol Morris 1988 USA

Swiss Information

New Swiss Feature Films
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Bingo Markus Imboden 1990 Switzerland
Grimsel - Ein Augenschein Grimsel - An Inspection Peter Liechti 1990 Switzerland
L'Assassina The Assassin Beat Kuert 1990 Switzerland
La Femme De Rose Hill Rose Hill's Wife Alain Tanner 1989 Switzerland, France
Leo Sonnyboy Rolf Lyssy 1989 Switzerland
Lynx Franz Reichle 1990 Switzerland
Step Across The Border Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel 1989 Switzerland, Germany
Stille Betrüger Silent Fraudsters Beat Lottaz 1989 Switzerland, Germany
Touchol Touch Alvaro Bizzarri 1990 Switzerland
New Swiss Short Films
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Alois Camenzind Klauenschneider Bernard Weber 1989 Switzerland
Encore Une Histoire D'Amour Another Love Story Pierre-Yves Borgeaud 1989 Switzerland
L'Autre The Other Juliette Frey 1990 Belgium
La Mano Senza Volto The Faceless Hand Adriano Kestenholz 1989 Switzerland
Le Decoupage Tobias Ineichen 1989 Switzerland
Syndrom Syndrome Jörg Bühlmann 1989 Poland
À Tire-Coeur Firing Marie-Luce Felber 1990 Switzerland

Official Awards

Official Jury

Source:[7][6][5]

References

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